I always loved Time Team. It encouraged an interest in history, but a lot of the pleasure of the programme came from the people involved and their interaction with each other.
Yes. You almost feel like you know them. I wonder if Tony was really that ignorant of history, or if he was trying to get the pro's to impart some info to the audience.
Stewart is just beginning to assert himself in this episode. For all the ribbing he'll take later in the series, I think they all-especially Mick-more and more came to depend on his detecting skills. Part of the problem early on in the series is that he's a bit of an introvert, while Tony, Phil, Carenza, and Robin are all, to varying degrees, extroverts. Thanks Reijer Zaaijer for posting this incredible series. I'm hooked
Stewart's contribution to the show, invariably has a greater "wow factor" for me. I'm almost always more surprised and impressed by what he comes up with than any of the other many varied and highly skilled professionals on the show.
Mick use to do the same things Stewart does. Mick was more interested in which Pub was close by, ahaha, while Stewart is more interested in the lumps and bumps...
Also, as it seems to me, the knowledge and technology of the geophysics developed and improved as time passed by. Beautifull program again. Hopefully preserved for many generations to come and to enjoy.
I should imagine a walk in the woods with Stuart would be very educational, regardless. He, Tony, Phil, and the late Mick "over here look" Aston are all people I'd like to have tea with.
The best thing about this episode is the admission of error when Mick realized they should have done the map work first. The fact that they were willing to put that embarrassment on camera really speaks to their integrity.
Yes, I agree. A couple of weeks after the episode showed on TV, Mick was giving a talk in Bristol which I went to, and he made a minor point about 'We don't really understand this' and some wag in the audience shouted 'Didn't they look at the Tithe Map, Mick?' He looked like thunder for a second, then someone laughed, and the whole room, including Mick, had hysterics, and when we all recovered, he said 'No, not really', which set everyone off again. A great man, my friend and mentor, and I still miss him.
@@vincerussett7922 Wonderful story. As a scientist it is refreshing that an expert will admit to a mistake, and in doing so restore, in my mind, the very essence of science. We test, we make mistakes, we test again, and we never never believe we have "settled" any science whatsoever. Science will evolve with time and the slow addition of more and more evidence.
@@vincerussett7922 It is sometimes very frustrating to watch these experts and scientists rushed to reach a conclusion in three days. It doesn't hurt so much in some episodes but there are some where it would have been more edifying if the timeline had been extended - perhaps across two or three episodes? In a rush, people make mistakes.
Unlike Carenza quickly passing the blame on to Mick 29:34. Then mildly admits she was also responsible for the bad decision, after Mick gives her the look.
@@OUigot Agree. She seems to be a bit testy. I’ve noticed that when the series started, she seemed to be the leader of the digs. As time went on it became known that actually Mick was the project head.
It's brilliant as a student of archology too see how far geophysics has come and how it's perception has changed in the last 25 years since these where first filmed, the things we can do now with geophisics mean we rarely have too put a spade in the ground and as a rezult can do much more work on larger sights and gain wider knowledge, love it!
Mick is the epitome of a true archeologists-- honest, even with himself, diligent but human. I adore Phil -- my #1 archeologist crush ever. Love Tony from Black Adder days and his niche is this sort if producer presenter like on Time Team.
Tony is the most annoying and obnoxious person on the show and you can tell in episodes that most of the rest can’t stand him and he annoys them and that never changes throughout the seasons... also he is probably the most irreverent person I have ever met especially when it comes to burial having absolutely zero respect for burials or the dead (for example on multiple episodes the archeologist want to see the burials just to make sure they care there and exactly what they are and from what time period but they don’t want to mess with the bones/burials or burial goods unless they have too meanwhile tony just wants to rip them up bones and goods and all)... also he constantly says “we” when referring to stuff being done when he isn’t doing shit but walking around and running his mouth and acting like an idiot (I think throughout all the episodes I saw him lift a finger to halfway do something maybe 3 times)... they would have been better off getting an actual historian or archeologist to be the commentator than someone who knows nothing about history or what is going on behind the basic elementary level (which I mean what can you expect from a lifelong paid actor)
I've just found this show... Amazing! High-speed archeology, but the topics and presentation are simply fascinating! This is what I wish we had on The History Channel in the USA. Excellent! Thank you for sharing!
Dan Keeney I wish they didn't feel like they have to make an "American" version of BBC classics! They made an "American version of "Broadchurch" but named it something different (no "church" allowed in the title, even though it was simply the name of the town!) and they dubbed the lead character's voice! WTF? They assume all Americans are too dumb for the originals. They made a horrible US version of Coupling, too, that was mercifully cancelled quickly. The U.K. version was terrific as it was.
It's akin to remaking any old classic. The original always seems to be better than any remake, yes some of the special effects are better now but it don't make the remakes better.
My first bachelor's was in anthropology and the last class I took was an actual dig at Harvard Yard! It was awesome, as the pit I was assigned to turned out to be their "trash" pit and was extended as far as we could go. We ended up about 8' down, and at the very bottom was a broken, but all pieces there, Bellarmine jar! However, there is very little money to be made in this field, so alas it was not what I spent my years working at. That said, there are many ways you can still experience digs. Various local digs will take on volunteers (as they have done on this show many times.) I don't know if they still have offerings, but some years ago there were "trips" you could make which had you participate in actual digs - of course you have to pay for this experience, but if you consider it a vacation where you might do some exciting work, then it would be worth it! Search around, you might find something to scratch that itch!!
Wish they could stay this young forever, wish Mike Aston was still with us, wish God would make an exception every so often and let us keep certain people and things forever... Love them!
I live in Templecombe and developers now want to build houses all around the village. They have no respect for its history. We're doing our best to stop them..!
I am from Beograd. Here, during the seventies, whole skyscraper neighborhood Banjica is built over Vinca culture neolithic archaeological sight. Some people simply belongs to loony bin or prison.
I love this episode for the fact that Mick wasn't too proud to have his site assessment errors shown on TV i.e. the fact he didn't look at the Tied map or they didn't do a quick site survey to find that huge chunk of existing boundary wall located at the end of day 3. It really was warts and all , a chance to see he didn't get it right all the time but they still came good at the end. But I still wonder what they would have found in the neighbouring field...
Been missing this programme like crazy, sort of like being homesick. Got my TT fix and feeling much happier now. Thanks! This was TT back when it was absolutely great! Nice and small team before it got all bloated with students and massive crews and the like. Those were the days.
For those watching. Around the 18:44 Mark the Video is choppy. It is Not on your End. It does Clear up around the 20:00 mark. and Gets Much Better and Normal after 21:00
Just found this episode and watched with great interest. My 4th great grandfather, Mesech Morgan was born in Templecombe in 1772, not long after the fireplace beam was cut down.
Oh definitely. Glad to be in Tennessee where there is an equal amount of Native American ruins and mounds, and It's actually pretty interesting. It has nothing to do with us as Europeans, but the Mississippian culture and the old confederations were amazing.
props to the archivist... I understand Mick's annoyance at not doing certain reference finding earlier,but whether he should have known to check certain things or not doesn't matter... a few people could, or should, have known... but that's what's great about the team as whole... everybody's got focus, something to do and a direction to go in so it's easy to miss something or overlook it...they bring different skills and assets to the project and the fact that one of them, namely the archivist, eventually made a valuable connection is testament to the team as a whole... they really prove the value of teamwork... so Mick, it's not a personal failing.
Greetings from Somerset, UK. Mick was still beating himself up about not looking at the Tithe map years later. I went to a lecture he gave at Bristol, talking about another site, where he said 'Oddly, we didn't find anything where we first looked', and some wag in the audience shouted 'Didn't you look at the Tithe map, Mick?'. Just for a second he looked really angry, but then he said 'Oh well, these things happen' and the audience laughed. Mick was a mate of mine, and I miss him.
What I want to know is how they selected the personalities for this show? It proves to be a winning combination later but you can see that they took some time to get there. This episode shows the growing pains.
Thank you for these videos. I love hearing about different countries and now I can watch as the history and prehistory comes alive in England, Wales, Scotland and other places which I am bound to by birth, several generations removed, as I am an American by birth.
Love the older episodes. This one is a favorite. The crossness about the tithe map, the roll of the meadows they are digging in. And Tony's explanations of what a preceptory is.
phill is my hero. heh. i use to brew beer when i was in the northwest of the united states. i live in the desert now not worth trying to brew here. I will remember the reflection in the water for the proper tempt to add your ingredients. way our water is going id have no problem going back to beer being our main drink these days. has to be better for your than corn syrup coke. peace from over the pond.
I love the fact that they missed some basic stuff until day 3. Later in the show's life this would not have happened, but this early they were still new to their roles on the show, even though they were all experienced archeologists in their own right.
After watching these early episodes again, I've had a thought. You can probably imagine the amount of roundtable meetings between post production of this episode and the pre-production of the next episode. They would have talked about proper scouting the area, research into the early maps of the area to cut down time during the shooting of episodes and to get on with proper digging likely hits within the site. These episodes would have benefited if (the early and rudimentary) GeoPhys had at least a half day head start.
Seems like Tony's portrayal of devils' advocate may have been a bit too convincing and correct. That is the first time I've ever seen Mick frown at him. Interesting episode from a fans point of view. Thanks for uploading!
It's interesting to see them go through some growing pains here. In later years they are slick together. Love this series. Thank you for the upload. It's made this pandemic bearable.
It took me a second to remember that an outhouse means something different in Britain. In Britain, it means an out building. In Canada it means an small building over a pit in which one relieves oneself.
Interesting facts.. I live near here and have seen the wooden painting of the head in the church at the beginning of the show. You have to phone the vicar of the church to get him to unlock the church out of hours to see it. Every other church in the area is always unlocked so people can come and pray or look around at any time. When I mentioned that to the vicar he told me that some very important people from London insisted that the church be kept locked at all times out of church hours and that people come every year to hold a special ceremony involving the painting. And last but not least, there has been a request many times that it be taken from Templecombe church to a safer place to london. If you visit it now, it is under a bulletproof case in the church... I kid you not..... what do you make of that then ???
Not so many churches have so expansive and old art work from medieval times. It makes only sense to secure it. Too many got stolen or even got destroyed in a silly way by some old woman, who tried to "restore" it.
I don't make anything of "that". People are idiots and theft, accidental or purposeful damage of an irreplaceable piece of history and art is just too likely.
I have that Templar Rule book! I've also got their Primitive Rule, which was the original Rule written by St. Bernard when the Order was officially accepted that was quite brief in comparison to the later Rule contained in the white book. Before St. Bernard's Rule, they followed the Rule of the Augustinians, whose canons they shared facilities with. This is a terrific series! I can't believe that I'm only finding it now. To limit archeological work to just three days is indescribably quick and pressured. It was good of them to show the heated tempers and argument regarding the oversight of the tithe map as another person has mentioned. This was early on in the series though, so they were still learning the ropes of such pressure cooker archeology. Under normal circumstances, all of this would be quite protracted and methodical. They are only able to do the most cursory of surveys for this series, but that also accords with modern people's short attention spans. Any serious work would have to be performed with much more time and attention to detail, without the pressure of instant results. Considering the extreme restrictions they are forced to work under, they do great work, and expose the various scientific disciplines that are associated with archeological excavations to a much wider public than would otherwise get to see them. Sadly, Indiana Jones and Lara Croft are as close as many people get to the field of archeology.
Look how young he is! This show is the best kept secret from me. I have only been watching it for a few weeks thanks to TH-cam. I've never had cable. Is it a UK show only?
There are separate time team specials also. In the comments section of time team special # 60 there is a list posted of all time teams ever made. I surely enjoy them.
Tree rings do not indicate calendar years, but "growing seasons" which represent periods during which the tree grew, and there might be two or even three of those per year, depending upon rainfall and soil mineral deposits absorbed by the roots.
Tony did what he was supposed to do, being the pestering layman voicing sometimes ignorant and sarcastic views is the role he was assigned to - it's to trigger explanations, after all the series wasn't aimed at an academic audience
I think it' the only time he swore on Time Team and they kept it in. Can you spot the episode where Phil got away with much worse, and it somehow got onto TV?
I have not seen these early shows, everyone has so much hair on their head in these ones compared to newer shows!! I love time team, such an interesting, fascinating show. the Team can be funny lol
If I had it to do over, I'd run off to England and study archaeology. Nah, I was too busy being a drunken ass. Common sense has never been my strong suit.
A drunken Ass! You should have run off to the UK and joined the archaeology department of any UK University You would have fitted in well! Especially Oxbridge or in simpler terms Oxford or Cambridge!
Tony needs to be put in his place some times. I wish Phil would go off on him more. You didnt give him time to answer before you were already stomping off through the trench tony
With all the people commented to this show no one mentioned the grain Beer 🍺,, I think I’ll make some sour mash hum,,,, wip out my stile and brew some whiskey 🥃 It’s like give us the list of ingredients on the grain Beer 🍺 please we want the old Recipe, and what about the Honey mead ?,, apple 🍎,strawberry 😩🌯🍒🍇 Thank you for sharing blessings and good fortune blessings...
Did Mick's sweater end up in a television museum somewhere? Or perhaps, was he buried wearing it? He wore it on so many of the episodes I've seen so far! I know several members of this team have passed on, but it was a really great series for its time!
@@philaypeephilippotter6532, not to sound lazy, but with quite a few Mick Aston tribute videos out there, would you be a little more specific as to which video you're referring to?
@@ELCADAROSA I can't actually remember its name but just search for *_mick aston funeral_* or *_mick aston cortege_* and you'll easily find it. It's _not_ a tribute video.
When Tony came on the first few seconds with a mop of hair I only recognized him from his voice. Good heavens the show aged him quickly. I do like him as the host on this show.
Interesting to watch the advancing electronic techniques that assist the archaeologists. Dendro information is available from Nottingham, 150 miles away, overnight. Tony, as assistant producer, was sweating the memory of slow results from the previous season.
I imagine if you've stolen property from a group, you want to erase as much evidence of it as possible and people would bury what could be buried and taken stones to use for other projects.
38:00 the farmer doesn't want his fence knocked down? it wouldn't need knocking down... who used the term "knocked down" during the discussion? a minute before Robinson made that statement I'd already established in my own mind that if it was my land I'd be more than willing to remove some cross members and maybe even dig out a post if the team felt like doing a wider trench. I'd accommodate the team and give a little. the cows wouldn't be interested in getting past the people digging and the fence could be back up by supper time.... providing you didn't simply "knock" it down. honestly... one post and a couple of cross members... what's the issue? anyway, there's no reason they couldn't dig a trench under the cross members and around/between the posts... so, again, digging just "up to the fence" makes no sense.
Reviewing the work and historical presence of the Templars in south of France, Spain and Portugal is equally fascinantingand revealing how active they were against the Arabs.
I always loved Time Team. It encouraged an interest in history, but a lot of the pleasure of the programme came from the people involved and their interaction with each other.
Yes. You almost feel like you know them. I wonder if Tony was really that ignorant of history, or if he was trying to get the pro's to impart some info to the audience.
Stewart is just beginning to assert himself in this episode. For all the ribbing he'll take later in the series, I think they all-especially Mick-more and more came to depend on his detecting skills. Part of the problem early on in the series is that he's a bit of an introvert, while Tony, Phil, Carenza, and Robin are all, to varying degrees, extroverts.
Thanks Reijer Zaaijer for posting this incredible series. I'm hooked
@Gig: If there's one thing I've learned by watching lots of Time team episodes it's: Always listen to Stuart
Stewart's contribution to the show, invariably has a greater "wow factor" for me. I'm almost always more surprised and impressed by what he comes up with than any of the other many varied and highly skilled professionals on the show.
Mick use to do the same things Stewart does. Mick was more interested in which Pub was close by, ahaha, while Stewart is more interested in the lumps and bumps...
Also, as it seems to me, the knowledge and technology of the geophysics developed and improved as time passed by. Beautifull program again. Hopefully preserved for many generations to come and to enjoy.
I should imagine a walk in the woods with Stuart would be very educational, regardless. He, Tony, Phil, and the late Mick "over here look" Aston are all people I'd like to have tea with.
Time team is like a fairy tale: any day you watch an episode is a happy day
Absolutely! Your words are the perfect expression of how Time Team makes me feel! Thank you!! 👏
The best thing about this episode is the admission of error when Mick realized they should have done the map work first. The fact that they were willing to put that embarrassment on camera really speaks to their integrity.
Yes, I agree. A couple of weeks after the episode showed on TV, Mick was giving a talk in Bristol which I went to, and he made a minor point about 'We don't really understand this' and some wag in the audience shouted 'Didn't they look at the Tithe Map, Mick?' He looked like thunder for a second, then someone laughed, and the whole room, including Mick, had hysterics, and when we all recovered, he said 'No, not really', which set everyone off again. A great man, my friend and mentor, and I still miss him.
@@vincerussett7922 Wonderful story. As a scientist it is refreshing that an expert will admit to a mistake, and in doing so restore, in my mind, the very essence of science. We test, we make mistakes, we test again, and we never never believe we have "settled" any science whatsoever. Science will evolve with time and the slow addition of more and more evidence.
@@vincerussett7922 It is sometimes very frustrating to watch these experts and scientists rushed to reach a conclusion in three days. It doesn't hurt so much in some episodes but there are some where it would have been more edifying if the timeline had been extended - perhaps across two or three episodes? In a rush, people make mistakes.
Unlike Carenza quickly passing the blame on to Mick 29:34. Then mildly admits she was also responsible for the bad decision, after Mick gives her the look.
@@OUigot Agree. She seems to be a bit testy. I’ve noticed that when the series started, she seemed to be the leader of the digs. As time went on it became known that actually Mick was the project head.
This is the best show ever on telly. How I miss it!
It's brilliant as a student of archology too see how far geophysics has come and how it's perception has changed in the last 25 years since these where first filmed, the things we can do now with geophisics mean we rarely have too put a spade in the ground and as a rezult can do much more work on larger sights and gain wider knowledge, love it!
Mick is the epitome of a true archeologists-- honest, even with himself, diligent but human. I adore Phil -- my #1 archeologist crush ever. Love Tony from Black Adder days and his niche is this sort if producer presenter like on Time Team.
Tony is the most annoying and obnoxious person on the show and you can tell in episodes that most of the rest can’t stand him and he annoys them and that never changes throughout the seasons... also he is probably the most irreverent person I have ever met especially when it comes to burial having absolutely zero respect for burials or the dead (for example on multiple episodes the archeologist want to see the burials just to make sure they care there and exactly what they are and from what time period but they don’t want to mess with the bones/burials or burial goods unless they have too meanwhile tony just wants to rip them up bones and goods and all)... also he constantly says “we” when referring to stuff being done when he isn’t doing shit but walking around and running his mouth and acting like an idiot (I think throughout all the episodes I saw him lift a finger to halfway do something maybe 3 times)... they would have been better off getting an actual historian or archeologist to be the commentator than someone who knows nothing about history or what is going on behind the basic elementary level (which I mean what can you expect from a lifelong paid actor)
I've just found this show... Amazing! High-speed archeology, but the topics and presentation are simply fascinating! This is what I wish we had on The History Channel in the USA. Excellent! Thank you for sharing!
Look for Time Team America here on YouiTube.
Ya BBC had some amazing content
Dan Keeney I wish they didn't feel like they have to make an "American" version of BBC classics! They made an "American version of "Broadchurch" but named it something different (no "church" allowed in the title, even though it was simply the name of the town!) and they dubbed the lead character's voice! WTF? They assume all Americans are too dumb for the originals. They made a horrible US version of Coupling, too, that was mercifully cancelled quickly. The U.K. version was terrific as it was.
It's akin to remaking any old classic. The original always seems to be better than any remake, yes some of the special effects are better now but it don't make the remakes better.
My first bachelor's was in anthropology and the last class I took was an actual dig at Harvard Yard! It was awesome, as the pit I was assigned to turned out to be their "trash" pit and was extended as far as we could go. We ended up about 8' down, and at the very bottom was a broken, but all pieces there, Bellarmine jar! However, there is very little money to be made in this field, so alas it was not what I spent my years working at.
That said, there are many ways you can still experience digs. Various local digs will take on volunteers (as they have done on this show many times.) I don't know if they still have offerings, but some years ago there were "trips" you could make which had you participate in actual digs - of course you have to pay for this experience, but if you consider it a vacation where you might do some exciting work, then it would be worth it! Search around, you might find something to scratch that itch!!
Wish they could stay this young forever, wish Mike Aston was still with us, wish God would make an exception every so often and let us keep certain people and things forever... Love them!
Ja Bowi I'm so sad to learn of Mick Aston's passing. He and the rest of the crew all seem like really nice people. He seemed exceptionally so. RIP. 😢
@@motorcop505 I had the great pleasure to meet him once; he was incredibly lovely and real. Greatly missed by so many. RIP
Then the archiologists wouldn't be able to find them later
and Robin Bush,Victor Ambrus..all missed
"Because we're bloody stupid, that's why" I love it!
I live in Templecombe and developers now want to build houses all around the village. They have no respect for its history. We're doing our best to stop them..!
Sad to hear that. I hope you can keep your historical area intact. Was there anymore digging to find the rest of that site enclosure?
wow... best of luck from Canada
Good luck. I’m impressed with the desire to know your history. I wish I knew my family history. Best to your cause, your cousin in Washington state.
I am from Beograd. Here, during the seventies, whole skyscraper neighborhood Banjica is built over Vinca culture neolithic archaeological sight. Some people simply belongs to loony bin or prison.
I worked at Plessey, Marconi for years. Lovely place.
Still love this series! 3rd time through it. Mick is very much missed.
I love this episode for the fact that Mick wasn't too proud to have his site assessment errors shown on TV i.e. the fact he didn't look at the Tied map or they didn't do a quick site survey to find that huge chunk of existing boundary wall located at the end of day 3. It really was warts and all , a chance to see he didn't get it right all the time but they still came good at the end. But I still wonder what they would have found in the neighbouring field...
Sad they never returned, isn't it?
Been missing this programme like crazy, sort of like being homesick. Got my TT fix and feeling much happier now. Thanks! This was TT back when it was absolutely great! Nice and small team before it got all bloated with students and massive crews and the like. Those were the days.
God! Look! Tony has got mobs of hair. What an archaeological find!
Wasn't he still doing BlackAdder at that time as Baldrick and needed the scraggly hair? :D
@Little Dorrit_Lisa Mick's jersey will live forever
in fact in 5000 years some archaeologist will find the remains of it and ponder its significance " it may be ritual"
Gads that baldrick hair.
That haircut makes him look a bit like an Oompa loompa though...
It's so great to see an archaeologist when they realize that what they were digging for is still in one piece and in front of them
For those watching. Around the 18:44 Mark the Video is choppy. It is Not on your End. It does Clear up around the 20:00 mark. and Gets Much Better and Normal after 21:00
It's obviously recorded from one of the old satellite feeds. Heavy rain or snow could temporarily block the signal, causing the 'choppy' video. ;)
Just found this episode and watched with great interest. My 4th great grandfather, Mesech Morgan was born in Templecombe in 1772, not long after the fireplace beam was cut down.
The britIsh obsession with documenting everything never fails to impress me and your family history knowledge is a prime example.
@@joshschneider9766 That came from the Records of the Flying Pig library!
@@lordeden2732 lol how Monty Python of you
Wow! As an American, I am enamored with these very old homes. It would be so cool to live in a place like that
Oh definitely. Glad to be in Tennessee where there is an equal amount of Native American ruins and mounds, and It's actually pretty interesting. It has nothing to do with us as Europeans, but the Mississippian culture and the old confederations were amazing.
Time Team was the best scientific program on earth!
I miss Time Team so much!
I absolutely love this show
Great job, Carenza!
Reijer Zaaijer, thank you so much for sharing this with us!!!! 🙏 Namaste
props to the archivist... I understand Mick's annoyance at not doing certain reference finding earlier,but whether he should have known to check certain things or not doesn't matter... a few people could, or should, have known... but that's what's great about the team as whole... everybody's got focus, something to do and a direction to go in so it's easy to miss something or overlook it...they bring different skills and assets to the project and the fact that one of them, namely the archivist, eventually made a valuable connection is testament to the team as a whole... they really prove the value of teamwork... so Mick, it's not a personal failing.
Greetings from Somerset, UK. Mick was still beating himself up about not looking at the Tithe map years later. I went to a lecture he gave at Bristol, talking about another site, where he said 'Oddly, we didn't find anything where we first looked', and some wag in the audience shouted 'Didn't you look at the Tithe map, Mick?'. Just for a second he looked really angry, but then he said 'Oh well, these things happen' and the audience laughed. Mick was a mate of mine, and I miss him.
Thanks for posting
What I want to know is how they selected the personalities for this show? It proves to be a winning combination later but you can see that they took some time to get there. This episode shows the growing pains.
Thank you for these videos. I love hearing about different countries and now I can watch as the history and prehistory comes alive in England, Wales, Scotland and other places which I am bound to by birth, several generations removed, as I am an American by birth.
Love the older episodes. This one is a favorite. The crossness about the tithe map, the roll of the meadows they are digging in. And Tony's explanations of what a preceptory is.
phill is my hero. heh. i use to brew beer when i was in the northwest of the united states. i live in the desert now not worth trying to brew here. I will remember the reflection in the water for the proper tempt to add your ingredients. way our water is going id have no problem going back to beer being our main drink these days. has to be better for your than corn syrup coke. peace from over the pond.
I love the fact that they missed some basic stuff until day 3. Later in the show's life this would not have happened, but this early they were still new to their roles on the show, even though they were all experienced archeologists in their own right.
OMG!! Thank you so much. this is my childhood coming back! love love love love love
It is 2019 now, love to watch Time Team on TH-cam in U.S.thank you for show!😀 just think you can make beer yet in your home and wine 😊😁😃
The first Time Team episode I ever saw back when it was first shown, still fond of watching it.
"if you drink water, you`ve had it"...wiser words were sedlomly spoken.
Oh he'll just drank 2 glasses 😮
After watching these early episodes again, I've had a thought. You can probably imagine the amount of roundtable meetings between post production of this episode and the pre-production of the next episode. They would have talked about proper scouting the area, research into the early maps of the area to cut down time during the shooting of episodes and to get on with proper digging likely hits within the site. These episodes would have benefited if (the early and rudimentary) GeoPhys had at least a half day head start.
28:32 Their strong beer was some pokey odd tackle...what!? I admit that I am fairly well lost in the effort to translate that one.
Seems like Tony's portrayal of devils' advocate may have been a bit too convincing and correct. That is the first time I've ever seen Mick frown at him. Interesting episode from a fans point of view. Thanks for uploading!
It's interesting to see them go through some growing pains here. In later years they are slick together. Love this series. Thank you for the upload. It's made this pandemic bearable.
One of my favorite shows.
This was so funny to see he had long dark hair !! I began watching Time Team with Series 16 - the change is remarkable.
Love that beer talk with how strong the drink was then vs. now and his reaction.
It took me a second to remember that an outhouse means something different in Britain. In Britain, it means an out building. In Canada it means an small building over a pit in which one relieves oneself.
that's called a sh=t house
Lol in USA it's an out -house to Ahh!! relieve one self or shit house lol
Its you tube, you guys can write an outhouse is where you take a big fucking shit in a fucking shed outside. No need to censor yourself. hahahahahaha
Ditto!
Tonys hair wow. Love phil. He is great in time signs. Such a mountain of a man😍
Mashing is not for washing the sugars off the grain. It is to convert the starches into sugars. Sparging is washing the sugars from the grains.
I love and miss Mick. A calming presence to me.
Oh my... They're all young here? Tony has hair!
+Budji Tresvalles
Loads of it!
I keep wondering about the kid on his dad's shoulders at around 37m: I wonder what he remembers of this episode!
+Budji Tresvalles And Mick is alive.
+Gumardee So is Robin.
He has cunning plan
How hilarious seeing Robin with his cigarette and ash cup! lol
I love Micks colourful pen at the start
I get a kick out of his ever present colorful sweater. 20 yrs later, he still wears it!
Bloody hell! It's Baldrick! Haven't seen one of these really old episodes.
Man, Tony is rockin' that hairdo!
omg pencil matches his sweater!!
Brilliant program. Unfortunately, video tape fails terribly from 18:45 to 20:19. We need an Irish 'time team'
When the *TT* official channel posts their copy it _will_ be much better than this VHS _airshot._
Interesting facts.. I live near here and have seen the wooden painting of the head in the church at the beginning of the show. You have to phone the vicar of the church to get him to unlock the church out of hours to see it. Every other church in the area is always unlocked so people can come and pray or look around at any time. When I mentioned that to the vicar he told me that some very important people from London insisted that the church be kept locked at all times out of church hours and that people come every year to hold a special ceremony involving the painting. And last but not least, there has been a request many times that it be taken from Templecombe church to a safer place to london. If you visit it now, it is under a bulletproof case in the church... I kid you not..... what do you make of that then ???
Not so many churches have so expansive and old art work from medieval times. It makes only sense to secure it. Too many got stolen or even got destroyed in a silly way by some old woman, who tried to "restore" it.
I don't make anything of "that".
People are idiots and theft, accidental or purposeful damage of an irreplaceable piece of history and art is just too likely.
22:52 , 23:33 and 22:58 Phil, Mick and even Tony still had some hair! RIP Robin and Mick. You are missed good sirs.
I have that Templar Rule book! I've also got their Primitive Rule, which was the original Rule written by St. Bernard when the Order was officially accepted that was quite brief in comparison to the later Rule contained in the white book. Before St. Bernard's Rule, they followed the Rule of the Augustinians, whose canons they shared facilities with.
This is a terrific series! I can't believe that I'm only finding it now. To limit archeological work to just three days is indescribably quick and pressured. It was good of them to show the heated tempers and argument regarding the oversight of the tithe map as another person has mentioned. This was early on in the series though, so they were still learning the ropes of such pressure cooker archeology. Under normal circumstances, all of this would be quite protracted and methodical. They are only able to do the most cursory of surveys for this series, but that also accords with modern people's short attention spans. Any serious work would have to be performed with much more time and attention to detail, without the pressure of instant results. Considering the extreme restrictions they are forced to work under, they do great work, and expose the various scientific disciplines that are associated with archeological excavations to a much wider public than would otherwise get to see them. Sadly, Indiana Jones and Lara Croft are as close as many people get to the field of archeology.
No you don't!
What you have the made up crap which came out around the end of the 19th Century beginning of the 20 th Century.
Look how young he is! This show is the best kept secret from me. I have only been watching it for a few weeks thanks to TH-cam. I've never had cable. Is it a UK show only?
They have done episodes in other countries but it's mostly UK based.
There are separate time team specials also. In the comments section of time team special # 60 there is a list posted of all time teams ever made. I surely enjoy them.
Thank you.
+James Garrison I I Have other European tv networks done this type of show? Would love to see digs in Europe.
I've gotten hooked on this show too, thanks to TH-cam. I don't have cable either!
Tree rings do not indicate calendar years, but "growing seasons" which represent periods during which the tree grew, and there might be two or even three of those per year, depending upon rainfall and soil mineral deposits absorbed by the roots.
Not seen this one, hey! loved this program.
Robin’s bow ties ⭐️
Astonishing how Tony never, after 20 years, noticed how patient and tolerant all the academics and professionals were to him. That ego haha😊
Tony did what he was supposed to do, being the pestering layman voicing sometimes ignorant and sarcastic views is the role he was assigned to - it's to trigger explanations, after all the series wasn't aimed at an academic audience
Poor Mick was so angry. Oh well they’ve got 17 more years to make up for it!
I think it' the only time he swore on Time Team and they kept it in. Can you spot the episode where Phil got away with much worse, and it somehow got onto TV?
@@vincerussett7922 In which episode did her swear enough for ofcom to even start worrying?
I think the homeowner just tricked these guys into digging his garden?
tricked? the evidence looked good. but it rarely turns out the way you hope.
This guy was looking for a cash cow.
I have not seen these early shows, everyone has so much hair on their head in these ones compared to newer shows!! I love time team, such an interesting, fascinating show. the Team can be funny lol
I love how less than a minute in they're having a tea break
I _know_ that good brainstorming sessions work better while drinking tea (or coffee if you prefer).
If I had it to do over, I'd run off to England and study archaeology. Nah, I was too busy being a drunken ass. Common sense has never been my strong suit.
A drunken Ass!
You should have run off to the UK and joined the archaeology department of any UK University You would have fitted in well!
Especially Oxbridge or in simpler terms Oxford or Cambridge!
I still miss Mick Aston ❤️
Tony needs to be put in his place some times. I wish Phil would go off on him more. You didnt give him time to answer before you were already stomping off through the trench tony
With all the people commented to this show no one mentioned the grain Beer 🍺,,
I think I’ll make some sour mash hum,,,, wip out my stile and brew some whiskey 🥃
It’s like give us the list of ingredients on the grain Beer 🍺 please we want the old
Recipe, and what about the Honey mead ?,, apple 🍎,strawberry 😩🌯🍒🍇
Thank you for sharing blessings and good fortune blessings...
Must be an old video Tony Robinson has long hair. He does a mighty fine job on these excursions
Opening scenes: Michael J. Fox and The Professor sitting down outside and talking.
Sir Tony: "Why didn't we look at this map sooner?"
Mick: "Because we're bloody stupid!" LOL he was so funny! I love Mick. RIP
Did Mick's sweater end up in a television museum somewhere?
Or perhaps, was he buried wearing it?
He wore it on so many of the episodes I've seen so far!
I know several members of this team have passed on, but it was a really great series for its time!
*Mick Aston's* funeral cortège was videoed and is on YT. It's worth seeing.
@@philaypeephilippotter6532, not to sound lazy, but with quite a few Mick Aston tribute videos out there, would you be a little more specific as to which video you're referring to?
@@ELCADAROSA I can't actually remember its name but just search for *_mick aston funeral_* or *_mick aston cortege_* and you'll easily find it. It's _not_ a tribute video.
Mick had several of those sweaters. There were different color schemes and stripe patterns. At least one had vertical stripes.
thank you very much for the uploads. is it just me or does everyone seem a little grumpy in this episode"
It's here too in the second part of this episode.
classic old time team great
What happened at 18:40? Reminds me of an old VHS recording.
It probably is.
this video is an ancient archaeological find
When the *TT* official channel posts their copy it _will_ be much better than this VHS _airshot._
Just once I want to hear Baldrick say "I have a cunning plan."
Now there’s a joke no one commenting on a time team vid has ever made. You’re ever so clever!
@@Invictus13666 My first experience with the host was seeing him play Baldric on Black Adder.
When Tony came on the first few seconds with a mop of hair I only recognized him from his voice. Good heavens the show aged him quickly. I do like him as the host on this show.
The show didn't age him but the 20 years of it's run did.
Interesting to watch the advancing electronic techniques that assist the archaeologists. Dendro information is available from Nottingham, 150 miles away, overnight. Tony, as assistant producer, was sweating the memory of slow results from the previous season.
I really miss time team.
i love history, to see how people live all these years a go.
I usually date Time Team episode by how horrible Phil's hat is but here he's not even wearing a hat.
Get your eyes checked. Phil was wearing his hat several times in this one.
Phil is wearing his hat when he is making beer and when Carenza takes him to look at the wall she spotted.
1. Listen to your geophysics and 2. walk your property first...
are the two lessons learned here.....
Surely, the comment at 27:46 ..."... it was left until the following day or overnight..." refer to the same time frame. Just curious.
'nuf sed.
17+ yrs later .... They never made that mistake again. Stuart will make sure of that.
Tony looks so young, but Phil looks about the same.
No, Phil definitely looks much younger, with his pre-whitened, less scraggly hair. Carenza does, too.
Phil is slimmer, and even his voice is more youthful.
The boy yawning at 37min sure did look excited! Too funny.
Look at all of Tony's hair! What is he, 12 in this?
in his 40s
OMG, this is Baldrick!!!
"a GIANT TURNIP of my own" ;-)
Everybody makes mistakes. Stay calm and dig on.
I’d like to revisit this site as a new Time Team project . Do it for Mick
Negative batman
Omg. Tony has so much hair!
I imagine if you've stolen property from a group, you want to erase as much evidence of it as possible and people would bury what could be buried and taken stones to use for other projects.
38:00 the farmer doesn't want his fence knocked down? it wouldn't need knocking down... who used the term "knocked down" during the discussion? a minute before Robinson made that statement I'd already established in my own mind that if it was my land I'd be more than willing to remove some cross members and maybe even dig out a post if the team felt like doing a wider trench. I'd accommodate the team and give a little. the cows wouldn't be interested in getting past the people digging and the fence could be back up by supper time.... providing you didn't simply "knock" it down. honestly... one post and a couple of cross members... what's the issue? anyway, there's no reason they couldn't dig a trench under the cross members and around/between the posts... so, again, digging just "up to the fence" makes no sense.
Reviewing the work and historical presence of the Templars in south of France, Spain and Portugal is equally fascinantingand revealing how active they were against the Arabs.
Toni is just a baby here. :)
Gee, with those long brown locks, I half expect Tony to say "I have a cunning plan wot cannot fail!"
Owen, so did I! The whole series I keep thinking of Baldric!
Damn, Mick was not happy there.
A couple of patches of very corrupted video in this.